Social Enterprise and the Third Sector : Changing European Landscapes in a Comparative Perspective /

The concepts of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship are rapidly attracting increased attention in academic spheres and from policy-makers, as well as field workers who are setting up new initiatives or reshaping their organizations. These concepts are perceived as defining innovative and d...

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Main Author: Defourny, Jacques
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: HulgÄrd, Lars, Pestoff, Victor Alexis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Introduction to the "SE field"; SECTION I The dynamics of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship: Theoretical foundations; 1 From third sector to social enterprise: A European research trajectory; 2 The EMES approach of social enterprise in a comparative perspective; 3 Social enterprise and the third sector
  • Innovative service delivery or a non-capitalist economy?; 4 Organizational variety in market economies and the emergent role of socially oriented enterprises.
  • 5 The social and solidarity economy: A theoretical and plural framework6 Solidarity-based initiatives: Field realities and analysis; SECTION II Social enterprise, governance and policy issues; 7 Major perspectives on governance of social enterprise; 8 Explaining stakeholder involvement in social enterprise governance through resources and legitimacy; 9 Multi-stakeholder governance in social enterprise; 10 The associative as governance structure; 11 European work integration social enterprises: Between social innovation and isomorphism.
  • 12 Co-production and the third sector: The state of the art in research13 Hybridity, innovation and the third sector: The co-production of public services; Index.